Art and Soul: Rudolf Steiner, Interdisciplinary Art and Education

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This book brings together Steiner's philosophical, biodynamic and cultural contributions to education, where 'spirit' and ‘soul’ are the creative elements in human evolution. His thought is applied to selected examples of innovative artistic practice and pedagogy of the present. This volume is intended for researchers in the arts and education with an interest in Rudolf Steiner's huge influence on educational thought and policy.This is an urgent point in time to reflect on the role of arts in education and what it might mean for our souls. An accessible yet scholarly study of interdisciplinarity, imagination and creativity is of critical widespread interest now, when arts education in many countries is threatened with near-extinction. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction: What Has Happened to the Soul of Art Education? (Victoria de Rijke)....Pages 1-20 Educational Imaginings (Nic Pople)....Pages 21-39 Creative ‘Stuff’ in the Steiner Kindergarten: How Steiner Educators Understand the Art Materials They Work With (Mona Sakr)....Pages 41-59 Steiner, Eurythmy and Scribble: Visible Music and Singing, Visible Speech and Listening (Victoria de Rijke)....Pages 61-76 Blackboard Singing in the Dead of Night: Object Lessons in the Art Room (Howard Hollands)....Pages 77-96 Social Sculpture and Education: Schiller, Steiner, Beuys and Sacks (Wolfgang Zumdick)....Pages 97-115 Expressionism or Impressionism? A Split Syzygy (Gill David)....Pages 117-138 “Steiner and Me” an Interview with Artist Teacher Mike Lawson-Smith (Mike Lawson-Smith)....Pages 139-155 CODA: Involution to Evolution; ‘He Made the Future Live Before Us’ (Victoria de Rijke)....Pages 157-171 Back Matter ....Pages 173-184